Horse breeding is a business full of rewards and disappointments. Breeders eagerly await the birth of a healthy foal, but they also understand the risk of abortion or of a mare not conceiving. To ...

Nearly as important as a mare having a foal is getting her bred back to have next year’s baby. Breeding on foal heat is an old management strategy aimed at doing just that. It is the first heat cycle ...

Only days after Kentucky played host to the world's most famous horse race, the state is grappling with the disastrous consequences of hundreds of pregnant mares on its prestigious horse farms losing ...

Equine breeding veterinary specialist Emma Houghton MRCVS from Bell Equine in Kent, explains what owners need to know before attempting to breed from older mares, while Selene Scarsi speaks to ...

Black Caviar's first foal Oscietra will be embarking on a quest to defy history when she steps out at Flemington on Friday morning. The early morning jump-out counts for very little in the overall ...

G. O’Keefe always did things her own way. Today, she carries that independent streak to new heights. The 5-year-old mare named in honor of the famous painter embarks on a rare, if not unprecedented, ...

All-conquering Australian mare Winx has lost her first foal just weeks before giving birth in a blow to what was expected to be a lucrative breeding career. The champion galloper, the best on the ...